Misinformation woes could multiply with 'deepfake' videos
Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security looks at a "deepfake" video of former US President Barack Obama manipulated ...
Nissan faces SEC probe over executive pay
News of the investigation comes as Nissan deals with the fallout from the shock November 19 arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who ...
Netflix puts 'Fortnite' in crosshairs as streaming wars heat up
The survival video game Fortnite was named by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings as a potential rival for consumer screen time Netflix, moving to fe ...
First challenge for Renault's new chiefs: Ghosn's payout
It's not over before the severance pay is settled Carlos Ghosn may no longer be in the driver's seat at Renault, but he will remain ...
US free news sites BuzzFeed HuffPost feel the layoff pinch
At BuzzFeed HQ in NY, the pressure is on America's free online news heavyweights, BuzzFeed and HuffPost, this week were rocked by a new ...
Big week for Big Tech as quarterly earnings loom
Apple, which kicks off the earnings parade for major US tech firms, will need to think beyond the iPhone to keep its momentum, according to ...
Facebook getting its messaging apps to be friends
Facebook is working to allow users of its various applications including WhatsApp to communicate securely Facebook said Friday it is trying ...
YouTube demotes flat-earthers conspiracy theorists
YouTube will stop recommending videos promoting conspiracy theories such as those contending the 9/11 attacks never took place YouTube said ...
Memos: Facebook allowed 'friendly fraud' to profit from kids
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Newly released court documents reveal that Facebook allowed children to ring up huge bills on digital games while ...
Boeing pilotless air taxi lifts off the ground but there is no rush to catch a ride
Boeing's prototype of an autonomous air taxi. Credit: Boeing Boeing offered a glance at a futuristic alternative to crowded freeways wh ...
Flood of complaints to EU countries since data law adopted
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 95,000 complaints have been filed with EU countries since the bloc's flagship data protection laws ...
IBM launches commercial quantum computing – we're not ready for what comes next
IBM’s quantum computer, Q System One. Credit: IBM IBM recently unveiled what it claimed was the world's first commercial quantum comput ...
To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence we need to act now
What would Artificial General Intelligence make of the human world? Credit: Shutterstock/Nathapol Kongseang Artificial intelligence can pla ...
How growing cities can support at-home electric vehicle charging
Apartment buildings and condos often lack charging stations for electric vehicles. Credit: Pixabay Rapid urban population growth is driving ...
Spotify rolls out feature that allows users to mute artists they don't want to hear
Credit: CC0 Public Domain There are a variety of reasons people might not like a certain musician. Perhaps they aren't fans of the soun ...
The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
The tendril-like soft robot is able to curl around Passiflora caerulea plant stalk. It is able to curl and climb, using the same physical pr ...
Nobel laureates slam EC over photonics funding
Three of the world’s most eminent scientists have warned that photonics, an area set to create 1 million new jobs in Europe by 2030, could be seriously compromised if it is not included in the Horizon
Graphene can hear your brain whisper
A newly developed graphene-based implant can record electrical activity in the brain at extremely low frequencies and over large areas, unlocking the wealth of information found below 0.1 Hz.
Designing tiny semiconductor particles
A cost-effective and scalable strategy to synthesise 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) quantum dots (QDs) has been developed by engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
A new way to fabricate nanochips
An international team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in fabricating atom-thin processors - a discovery that could have far-reaching impacts on nanoscale chip production and in labs across
Paving the way for new gen flexible electronics
A team of engineering experts have pioneered a new way to ease production of van der Waals heterostructures with high-K dielectrics - assemblies of atomically thin 2D crystalline materials, for exampl
Google says Nest security camera terror warning from North Korea was hoax not a hack
For one Northern California family it was a terrifying experience: an emergency warning that came through a Nest surveillance camera of thre ...
Target stores to accept mobile payment including Apple Pay Samsung Pay and Google Pay
It'll soon be getting much easier to pay with your smartphone at Target. The retailer, which had been a major holdout, announced in a bl ...
Netflix Instagram team up for easier sharing of binge-watching recommendations
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Passing along your binge-watching favorites just got easier. ...
Microsoft 'waiting to find out' why Bing went offline in China
Bing is back online in China, but Microsoft says it is still trying to figure out why it suddenly became inaccessible Microsoft is still tr ...
Nissan-Renault on smoother road but speed bumps loom: analysts
The new team in Renault's driving seat face some politically sensitve decisions, with the company ingrained in the French psyche Renaul ...
Embraer signs agreement to sell commercial division to Boeing
The deal will see Boeing take 80 percent of the civilian business of Embraer, which is the third-biggest plane maker in the world Brazilian ...
'World's cheapest car' nears end of the road in India
The 2015 Tata Nano GenX boasted upgraded features but it could never shake off its tag as the "world's cheapest car" It was b ...
Apple puts brakes on car team but keeps eye on road
Apple is reorganizing its secretive unit working on autonomous cars but the California giant remains committed to the technology, according ...
OECD hopes for global digital tax by 2020
The possibility of an international deal to tax US tech giants is sensitive, as countries threaten to go it alone and Europe is divided on t ...
General Motors to invest $22M more in Tennessee facility
General Motors says it plans to invest another $22 million in its Tennessee manufacturing facility to build more engines. ...
Is the world ready for the 'digital transformation'?
Experts said Thursday many companies risk being left behind in the digital revolution that could disrupt their business models The annual b ...
Information wars endanger civilization say 'Doomsday' experts
Former California Governor Jerry Brown (L) and former US Secretary of Defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock during The Bulletin of ...
Interactive control to guide industrial robots
The robot detects the component in the worker’s grasp and cautiously follows it until she hands it over. Credit: Fraunhofer IWU Scientists ...
Flexible bipolar plates made of polymers make it possible to build compact batteries
Highly flexible bipolar plate. Credit: Fraunhofer UMSICHT Whether used for power supply or in electric cars, current battery systems are ba ...
Self-driving cars: why we can't expect them to be 'moral'
Credit: Marat Marihal/Shutterstock Ever since companies began developing self-driving cars, people have asked how designers will address th ...
American Airlines warns of delays from shutdown
American Airlines expects higher profitability in 2019 on cost cuts and expansion of its ""premium economy" program that intr ...
Hitachi wants nationalisation of UK nuclear project: report
The Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station was estimated to cost 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) Hitachi's frozen nuclear power project in B ...
BA owner says will not bid for Norwegian
IAG, the owner of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, said Thursday that it has decided not to make a formal bid for low-cost airlin ...
Information theory holds surprises for machine learning
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New SFI research challenges a popular conception of how machine learning algorithms "think" about certa ...
Microsoft's Bing back online in China
Attempts to access Bing had resulted in an error message for users starting late Wednesday, as the most prominent foreign search engine avai ...
Digital technology offers new ways to teach lessons from the Holocaust
Ken Thompson, assistant professor-in-residence of game design, takes 3D scans of Courtroom 600 in the Justizpalast in Nuremberg, Germany. Cr ...
First space-qualified commercial solid state drives for low earth orbit satellite application
Mercury Systems have announced the first prototype shipments of its 3U TRRUST-Stor VPX RT space-qualified secure solid-state drives (SSD) to two leading suppliers of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
Static electricity could charge our electronics
These images show how the surfaces of magnesia (top block) and barium titanate (bottom block) respond when they come into contact with each ...
Here's how a 100% renewable energy future can create jobs and even save the gas industry
The gas industry of the future could manufacture and deliver renewable fuels, rather than mining and processing natural gas. Credit: Shutter ...
Instadrugs: new research reveals hidden dangers when young people use apps to buy illicit substances
Quick, easy – and very, very risky. Credit: The Conversation UK. Markets for illicit drugs are constantly evolving to increase profits and ...
Lasers transmit audible messages
A laser which can transmit an audible message to a person without any type of receiver equipment has been demonstrated by a team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Lab
A novel material for next gen displays
A new polymeric material has been developed by a team from KAIST, which is said to have an exceptionally low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) value while retaining high transparency and excellen
Huawei announces 5G smartphone based on own technology
Fruits' cups with a mini flags are displayed on a refreshment corner as Huawei unveils it 5G chipsets in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 24, 201 ...
Renault to chart course for post-Ghosn era with new bosses
Deciding on the future of the alliance is set to be a tricky task Renault is expected Thursday to appoint a new leadership duo to drive the ...
One switch to rule them all
2019-01-24 02:00:11One switch to rule them all
Frequency-tunable communication modules, such as antennas and filters, are expected to help miniaturise wireless devices. Researchers at KAUST have created switches that enable control over these modu
'The new oil': Dublin strikes it rich as Europe's data hub
The centres provide 24/7/365 access to the massive data, processing power and storage that digital services around Europe require A new ind ...
SK Hynix sees first quarterly profit fall in two years
Korean chipmakers—led by the behemoth Samsung Electronics—have enjoyed record profits in recent years as prices for their products soared T ...
BuzzFeed to cut 15% of its workers: reports
BuzzFeed launched in 2006 and was long primarily known for its humorous content and memes, despite being a financial drag on the company, ha ...
Hulu ups price for live-TV service cuts basic package price
This June 24, 2015, file photo shows the Hulu Apple TV app icon in South Orange, N.J. Hulu's live-TV streaming service will cost $5 more ...
Google to appeal 50-million-euro French data consent fine
Google said in a statement it had been working hard to meet the requirements of the EU's GDPR rules Google said Wednesday it would appe ...
Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robots
Amazon's new autonomous delivery robot called "Scout," seen in a company photo, began delivering packages to customers in a ne ...
Hungary Audi workers in rare strike over wages
Audi, one of Hungary's largest exporters, employs some 13,000 staff in the western city of Gyor where it has made engines since 1994 Wo ...
Verizon cuts jobs at media unit that includes Yahoo AOL
The Verizon unit that includes Yahoo and AOL—briefly known as Oath—is cutting hundreds of jobs in a restructuring move Verizon is cutting h ...
Netflix finally accepted in Hollywood club—but not fully
Netflix earned 15 Oscar nominations, 10 of them for Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma"—including its first best picture nod By earning i ...
Microsoft's Bing search engine goes offline in China
Attempting to open cn.bing.com results in an error message, though users in China can still access Bing's international site using a vir ...
Building ethically aligned AI
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The more AI agents are deployed in scenarios with possibly unexpected situations, the more they need to be flexib ...
Now that UK nuclear power plans are in tatters it's vital to double down on wind and solar
More spin less gas? Credit: Marc Stuber Now that Japanese giants Toshiba and Hitachi have walked away from UK nuclear power projects that h ...
DARPA prototype reflectarray antenna offers high performance in small package
MMA Design successfully completes deployment testing of its innovative high-compaction ratio reflectarray antenna in its Louisville, Colorad ...
Uber threatens to pull back from Barcelona
Taxi drivers blocked the road in Madrid outside one of the world's biggest tourism fairs, burning tyres and a dustbin Uber on Wednesday ...
Fewer false alarms in intensive care
Alarms are a constant distraction in intensive care. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers at ETH Zurich are applying machine learning in intens ...
Technology and robots will shake labour policies in Asia and the world
Developing countries must begin seriously considering how technological changes will impact labour trends. Credit: KC Jan/Shutterstock In t ...
We'll go where we're welcomed says Huawei
Following the news that Germany is now considering banning Huawei products from its 5G network, the chairman of the Chinese telecoms firm has issued a warning.
Comcast loses cable users but internet subscribers surge
This May 21, 2018, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast Corp. reports financial results Wednesday, Ja ...
Despite concern large TFT LCD panel shipments increase
Global shipments of large thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) panels rose again in 2018 despite concerns of over-supply in the market. In particular, area shipments increased by 10
The growing role of the design consultancy
A Fen Technology event looks to “help out” a new generation of engineers working to exploit the Internet of Things.
Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks
Frog choruses have inspired researchers from Osaka University and University of Tsukuba to develop a mathematical model that could benefit wireless sensor networks.
Sony to shift UK HQ to avoid Brexit disruption
Sony says its European HQ-relocation out of London is aimed at avoiding cumbersome post-Brexit customs-related procedures Sony will shift i ...
Tonga: Whole country cut off from Facebook YouTube
Tonga has been plunged into virtual cyber darkness after an undersea cable was cut Tonga has been plunged into virtual cyber darkness after ...
US video game industry scored $43.4 bn record sales in 2018
Students from Louisiana State University and The University of Washington compete in the online game Fortnite during DreamHack Atlanta 2018 ...
Oracle accused of underpaying women minorities by $400M
U.S. government regulators are accusing software maker Oracle of engaging in discriminatory practices that resulted in thousands of its wome ...
Extreme Networks makes available a stadium-calibre Wi-Fi 6 solution
Extreme Networks has announced that an integrated edge technology, featuring six new high-performance 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) indoor, outdoor and stadium Wi-Fi access points and a new family of multi-rate
Aldec facilitates design prototyping in FPGA and prototype testing
Aldec, has unveiled a comprehensive FPGA prototyping environment with new HES boards support, Vivado board definitions, sample designs, and interrupt support in HES Proto-AXI interface.
General Electric to cut up to 468 jobs in France: unions
Of the jobs to be cut, 146 would be at Belfort, eastern France, General Electric Energy's European headquarters US energy giant General ...
Waymo revs up self-driving car making near Motor City
Waymo, the former Google car unit of Alphabet, will establish its own factory in Michigan to install self-driving technology into vehicles i ...
France to seek tougher oversight of 5G network gear
Guillaume Poupard, head of France's national cybersecurity agency ANSSI, pictured in 2015, said France wants "to be sure we control ...
Google's self-driving unit Waymo to put factory in Michigan
Google's autonomous vehicle unit Waymo says it plans to bring a factory to Michigan. ...
Dyson switches HQ from Britain to Singapore: company
Leaving Britain, but not because of Brexit British electric appliance pioneer Dyson will switch headquarters to Singapore this year due to ...
Enhanced video quality despite poor network conditions
Figure 1. Image quality before (left) and after (right) the technology application. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech ...
Scientists boost stability of low-cost large-area solar modules
Dr. Longbin Qiu holds up a sheet of solar cells made from flexible materials. The Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit aims to develop ...
Patented technology cloaks location on mobile devices to protect privacy
Ying Cai says his cloaking technology can conceal your precise location when using apps on your mobile phone. Credit: Dave Olson We agree t ...
Some robots walk. Others fly. He built one that can do both.
Leo stands about two and a half feet tall, on thin, flexed legs. Credit: Alireza Ramezani, Soon-Jo Chung, and Morteza Gharib A bipedal robo ...
Erosion in wind turbine blades solved with the help of artificial intelligence
The erosion of materials used in wind turbine blades due to the effect of weather conditions is a problem that applies to the whole wind ene ...
Elliott pushes for changes at eBay
This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, shows signage at the entrance to eBay's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. An activist shareholder is tell ...
Huawei warns of action against hostile markets
Huawei says it will plough on with planned investment of $20 billion in each of the next five years as it rolls out 5G base stations Chines ...
Toward more energy-efficient cruise ships
Credit: Skitterphoto An EPFL researcher has developed a system based on fuel cells to reduce the carbon footprint and energy consumption of ...
The robots being readied to enter nuclear no-go zones
Robots play a role in post-disaster relief work in situations that are too dangerous for humans. Credit: Centauro Robust, intelligent robot ...
New technology for machine translation now available
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new methodology to improve machine translation has become available this month through the University of Amster ...
Machine learning in action for the humanitarian sector
Figure 1: Features derived from indicators are then fed to a model that generates forecasts along with confidence intervals. Credit: IBM Go ...
Increasing skepticism against robots
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In Europe, people are more reserved regarding robots than they were five years ago. This is shown in a new study ...
Perforce Software to acquire Rogue Wave Software
Perforce Software, a developer of enterprise-grade DevOps-focused software solutions, is to acquire Rogue Wave Software, an independent provider of cross-platform software developer tools and embedded
From toilet to brickyard: Recycling biosolids to make sustainable bricks
Associate Professor Abbas Mohajerani with a biosolids brick. Credit: RMIT University How can you recycle the world's stockpiles of trea ...
EasyJet takes £15m hit from London airport drone chaos
EasyJet said it lost £5.0 million in revenue and took a hit of £10 million on passenger costs because of closure of London's G ...
Toyota Panasonic announce venture for green auto batteries
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. say they are setting up a joint venture to research, manufacture and sell ...
Steve Carr joins TT Electronics
TT Electronics has announced the appointment of Steve Carr to the role of VP of Sales and Marketing for the company’s IoT Solutions business unit (formerly Stadium Group).